Drag each lazy fairy-fellow From his sleepy bed; Dress him up in crocus yellow, Or in roses red.
He made them elect Fraomarius as their chief, and then, giving him the rank of a tribune, sent him with his tribe of Alamannic soldiers to settle in Britain, as probably Crocus or Erocus had been sent before him.
The Spring Crocus also kept open house, though she was so old that the others said it was all affectation.
He referred to the calls she was supposed to have received, but the Crocus thought he referred to himself, for she was still a little off her balance.
He came along the Garden walk that led to the Crocus in a very formal fashion, taking step with great precision, for he went exactly the same distance at each spring, and halted the same length of time between the jumps.
On receiving an early crocus and some violets in a letter from Ireland.
One fall we tried the experiment of poking a crocus bulb down in the hole where we took out a dandelion and the result was charming.
So instead of just digging out a dandelion or a thistle and leaving a bare hole, I recommend that you poke in a crocus bulb next fall.
The dainty crocus is said to blow "before the shrine at vernal dawn of St. Valentine.
Why postpone the truth in favor of a pet theory about crocus martis, cochineal, aqua fortis, and the hour-glass?
We have figured the yellow variety, which is the one most commonly cultivated in our gardens, though according to the description in the Flora Austriaca, the Crocus vernus, in its wild state, is usually purple or white.
Clear flames of Crocus glimmered on The shining way he went.
Then dreams came by, of the gladsome days, Of many a wayside posy; For a crocus peeps where the wild rose sleeps, And the willow wands are rosy!
Crocus Martis Astringens, or else its Extract, taken from half a Dram to a whole Dram, in like manner performs the same Operation.
As the preceding, but employing mixtures of plumbago and crocusin various proportions according to the shade desired.
As the last, but substituting finely powdered plumbago for crocus powder.
Once when the master had suffered some few financial losses the slaves had to wear clothes that were made of crocus material.
Childhood memories were recalled by an old woman who said: "When I was about nine years old, for about six months, I slept on a crocus bag sheet in order to get up and nurse the babies when they cried.
Take ofCrocus Metallorum, in powder, one ounce, Mace one dram, Spanish Wine one pound and an half, steep it.
Nothing makes a better razor strap than crocus martis with a little sweet oil, rubbed well on doe skin with a glass bottle; and to keep it in perfect order, it should not be left too long dry.
To avoid this, cover the board with thick buff leather, and spread over it a thin paste of crocus martis, with a little emery finely powdered, and mixed up with lard or sweet oil.
The crocus raising its cup pointed as when it pierced the earth, and the crocus stretched out on earth, wounded by frost, is the same flower.
From what has just been said about the production of new bulbs in the Tulip, and new corms in the Crocus and Gladiolus, it is obvious that the leaves play a most important part.
In the milder parts of the kingdom the Chilian Crocus may be grown in the open air in warm sheltered spots, such as on a south border at the base of a wall or fence.
After a long and severe winter, the appearance of the golden crocus and the modest snowdrop, peeping from the earth, convey to the mind a glow of unspeakable pleasure.
A ring of crocuses hung from its edge and a crocus turned upside down made a fascinating cap.
Behind Roger came several of the spring blossoms--the Ethels first, representing the yellow crocus and the violet.
At first sight it looks something like a Crocus of unusually firm and solid substance; but it is an Amaryllis, and its pure and even yellow colouring is quite unlike that of any of the Crocuses.
The glasses for spectacles and optical instruments are cut by concave or convex moulds of brass moistened with emery and water, and polished by means of a mould of pitch wetted with crocus and water.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crocus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
